What is Exploring?
Exploring is a worksite-based program. It is part of Learning for Life’s career education program for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years old.
Exploring’s purpose is to provide experiences that help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. Explorers are ready to investigate the meaning of interdependence in their personal relationships and communities.
The Exploring Program
Exploring programs are based on five areas of emphasis: career opportunities, life skills, citizenship, character education, and leadership experience.
Career Opportunities
- Develop potential contacts that may broaden employment options
- Boost self-confidence and experience success at school and work
Life Skills
- Develop physical and mental fitness
- Experience positive social interaction
Citizenship
- Encourage the skill and desire to help others
- Gain a keen respect for the basic rights of others
Character Education
- Help make ethical choices
- Fulfill one’s responsibilities to society as a whole
Leadership Experience
- Acquire leadership skills necessary to fulfill one’s responsibilities in society
- Develop a variety of leadership traits
Young adults involved in Exploring will
- Gain practical knowledge of and experience in a career
- Engage in a program of activities centered on career opportunities, life skills, citizenship, character development, and leadership experience to encourage the development of the whole person
- Have opportunities to take on leadership roles
- Have a chance to learn and grow in a supportive, caring, and enjoyable environment